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Rich FisherOn this installment of ST, we speak with Nancy Pearl, our longtime book reviewer. She's a Seattle-based bestselling author and retired librarian, and she used to work as a bookseller (decades ago) here in Tulsa. A tireless book advocate and literary critic -- and perhaps the only librarian ever to be fashioned and sold as an action figure -- Nancy can also be heard occasionally recommending books on NPR's Morning Edition. She talked with us about the following titles, all of which she thinks would make great gifts this holiday season:Michael Chabon. "Moonglow"Chris Cleave. "Everyone Brave Is Forgiven"David France. "How to Survive a Plague"Robert Glancy. "Please Do Not Disturb"Robert Gottlieb. "Avid Reader"Becky Masterman. "Fear the Darkness"Ian McEwan. "Nutshell"Bonny Becker. "Christmas Crocodile" Read, Share, Give, Enjoy -- Books for the Holidays: A Chat with Nancy Pearlhttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/read-share-give-enjoy-books-holidays-chat-nancy-pearl
108550 as http://publicradiotulsa.orgMon, 05 Dec 2016 22:57:48 +0000Read, Share, Give, Enjoy -- Books for the Holidays: A Chat with Nancy PearlRich FisherOn this broadcast of StudioTulsa, we speak with the author, editor, and retired librarian Nancy Pearl, formerly of Tulsa and now based in Seattle, who is also our longtime book reviewer. We called Nancy recently and asked her to offer a few can't-miss summer reading recommendations. Here are the titles that she spoke with us about:Chris Bachelder, "The Throwback Special"Margeret Lazarus Dean, "Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Space Flight"Helen DeWitt, "Last Samurai"Lissa Evans, "Crooked Heart"Elly Griffiths, "The Crossing Place"Michael Gruber, "The Good Son"Dylan Hicks, "Amateurs"Stan Jones, "White Sky, Black Ice"Dominic Smith, "The Last Painting of Sara De Vos"(Also, please note that we spoke with Nancy about two forthcoming books, both due out in November. One is Michael Chabon's "Moonglow" and the other is the third volume in Blanche Wiesen Cook's biography of Eleanor Roosevelt.) Summer Reading Suggestions from Nancy Pearlhttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/summer-reading-suggestions-nancy-pearl
103257 as http://publicradiotulsa.orgMon, 15 Aug 2016 21:10:26 +0000Summer Reading Suggestions from Nancy PearlRich FisherOn this edition of ST, with the holiday season just around the corner, we check in with our longtime book reviewer, Nancy Pearl, for some page-turning, gift-giving tips. A well-known librarian -- now retired -- who began appearing on our show back when she lived in Tulsa in the early 1990s, Nancy is also a bestselling author, literary critic, and book editor. She is also a former Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book in the Seattle Public Library, and she can sometimes be heard talking about books on NPR's Morning Edition. (She was also named the 2011 Librarian of the Year by Library Journal.) Nancy has the following books to recommend, all of which she describes in detail:Ari Berman. "Give Us the Ballot"Dale Russakow. "The Prize: Who's In Charge of America's Schools"Mick Herron. "Nobody Walks"Edward Carey. "Heap House" (and sequels)Viet Thanh Nguyen. "The Sympathizer"Carol Ryrie Brink. "The Highly Trained Dogs of Professor Petit"Ruth Downie. "Tabula Rasa"Lissa EvansBooks to Give, Share, Read, and Recommend: A Host of Holiday Suggestions from Nancy Pearlhttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/books-give-share-read-and-recommend-host-holiday-suggestions-nancy-pearl
89703 as http://publicradiotulsa.orgTue, 24 Nov 2015 20:58:49 +0000Books to Give, Share, Read, and Recommend: A Host of Holiday Suggestions from Nancy PearlRich FisherOur guest on ST via telephone is Nancy Pearl, our longtime book reviewer, a bestselling author, critic, editor, and retired librarian (and former citizen of Tulsa) who can also be heard regularly on NPR's Morning Edition. Now that the warm and sunny days of summer have finally arrived, Nancy joins us with a stack of favorites that ought to be perfect for that long trip in the car, endless airplane ride, idle day at the beach, lazy afternoon in the hammock, or all of the above. Nancy's list covers a range of literary styles and audiences, and the books she chats about on our program today are listed below (in order of discussion, first to last).Christian Appy. "American Reckoning"Harry Brandt. "The Whites"M.J. Carter. "The Strangler Vine"Katherine Heiny. "Single, Carefree, Mellow"Emma Hooper. "Etta and Otto and Russell and James"Bernice Myers. "Not This Bear!"Ruth Carlson. "Mr. Pudgins"William McIlvanney. "Strange Loyalties"Priya Parmar. "Vanessa and Her Sister"Sam Quinones. "Dream LandSummertime Reading Recommendations from Well-Known Book Advocate Nancy Pearlhttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/summertime-reading-recommendations-well-known-book-advocate-nancy-pearl
80415 as http://publicradiotulsa.orgWed, 03 Jun 2015 18:58:32 +0000Summertime Reading Recommendations from Well-Known Book Advocate Nancy PearlRich FisherNancy Pearl, author of the "Book Lust" series of recommended books and our longtime book reviewer here on StudioTulsa, joins us to discuss her favorite reads of 2014. Here's a complete list of the books she discussed with us on today's program: "2 a.m. at the Cat's Pajamas" (Crown) by Marie-Helene Bertino -- This novel depicts 24 hours in the lives of nine-year-old aspiring jazz singer Madeleine Altimiri and her circle of acquaintances. "Spooner" (Grand Central) by Pete Dexter -- A reprint of the 2009 novel by the National Book Award-winning author Warren Spooner, a misfit who suffers one darkly comic setback after another, but who retains the affection of his patient stepfather. "The Distance" (Doubleday) by Helen Giltrow -- A contemporary breakneck thriller about a London society lady who is trying to put a criminal past behind her, and the man who makes her an offer she cannot refuse. "The Blazing World" (Simon & Schuster) by Siri Hustvedt -- Set in the world of contemporary artST Book Critic Nancy Pearl Offers Some of Her Favorites of 2014http://publicradiotulsa.org/post/st-book-critic-nancy-pearl-offers-some-her-favorites-2014
70969 as http://publicradiotulsa.orgTue, 09 Dec 2014 21:40:13 +0000ST Book Critic Nancy Pearl Offers Some of Her Favorites of 2014Rich FisherOn this installment of ST, we welcome back Nancy Pearl, our longtime book reviewer. Nancy is a former librarian --- and former Tulsan --- who's also a bestselling author, editor, critic, and book advocate. She's also the former Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library. She can be heard on NPR's Morning Edition, where she regularly offers good-reading tips, and her wide-ranging, well-researched recommendations have also been collected into the ongoing and highly popular "Book Lust" series of volumes. Here's a rundown of the page-turning titles that Nancy discussed with us today.Chelsea Cain: "One Kick" and "Confessions of a Teen Sleuth"Lea Carpenter: "Eleven Days"Tim Horvath: "Understories"Georgina Howell: "Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations"Reif Larsen: "The Collected Writings of T.S. Spivet"Emily St. John Mandel: "Station Eleven" and "Last Night in Montreal"Phil Margulies: "Belle Cora"Celeste Ng: "Everything I Never ToldBooks for Vacations, Escapes, and Getaways of All Kinds: Summer Reading Suggestions from Nancy Pearlhttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/books-vacations-escapes-and-getaways-all-kinds-summer-reading-suggestions-nancy-pearl
62794 as http://publicradiotulsa.orgTue, 08 Jul 2014 18:10:32 +0000Books for Vacations, Escapes, and Getaways of All Kinds: Summer Reading Suggestions from Nancy PearlRich FisherOn this installment of ST, we are pleased to speak once again with the author, critic, former librarian, and die-hard book-lover Nancy Pearl, who's well-known for her frequent appearances on NPR's Morning Edition, her tireless championing of old or out-of-print titles, and her "Book Lust" series of books about books. Nancy used to live in Tulsa, and she's been the book reviewer for this program for 20+ years --- indeed, while she usually joins us by phone from her home in Seattle, this time around, Nancy is with us in the studio. This is because she's in town to deliver a Seed Sower Lecture Series tonight (Wednesday the 2nd) at 6:30pm at the OU-Tulsa Schusterman Learning Center. Her lecture --- entitled "The Pleasures and Perils of a Life of Reading" --- is free to the public, but seating is limited; please see this link for more info on this event. As you'd expect, what we're chatting with Nancy about is books, books, books --- including, at the outset, "The Soul of Viktor Tronko" byA "Book Lust" Road Show! Our Esteemed Colleague Nancy Pearl Will Give a Talk at OU-Tulsahttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/book-lust-road-show-our-esteemed-colleague-nancy-pearl-will-give-talk-ou-tulsa
57148 as http://publicradiotulsa.orgWed, 02 Apr 2014 21:24:44 +0000A "Book Lust" Road Show! Our Esteemed Colleague Nancy Pearl Will Give a Talk at OU-TulsaRich FisherOn this edition of StudioTulsa, our old pal (and longtime book reviewer, and former Tulsan) Nancy "America's Librarian" Pearl returns with --- just in time for the holidays --- another list of outstanding literary recommendations. Whether you're keen on ficton or non-fiction, a YA novel or a thriller, a work of history or one of satire, Nancy has just the book you're looking for. . . . Here's the rundown of titles/authors that she shares with us on today's program:Scott Anderson, "Lawrence in Arabia"Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian, "The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football"Jon Cohen, "The Man in the Window"Nicholas Dawidoff, "Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football"Sheri Fink, "Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital"Jane Gardam, "A Long Way from Verona"Adrian McKinty, "The Cold, Cold Ground"Bob Shacochis, "The Woman Who Lost Her Soul"Jincy Willett, "Amy Falls Down" Page-Turning Gift Ideas for the Holidays: Nancy Pearl Offers Can't-Miss Books to Give (or Request!)http://publicradiotulsa.org/post/page-turning-gift-ideas-holidays-nancy-pearl-offers-cant-miss-books-give-or-request
50960 as http://publicradiotulsa.orgTue, 10 Dec 2013 23:23:20 +0000Page-Turning Gift Ideas for the Holidays: Nancy Pearl Offers Can't-Miss Books to Give (or Request!)Rich FisherOn this installment of ST, we welcome back Nancy Pearl, our longtime book reviewer. Well-known for her work as a librarian, bestselling author, and literary critic, Nancy began her career as a bookseller and librarian here in T-Town; she can still be heard recommending books every now and again on NPR's Morning Edition. She was, until August 2004, the Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library --- and was also the founder of the pioneering and widely imitated "If All Seattle Read The Same Book" program. Here (in order of their endorsement) are all the books that Nancy discussed with us on the 2013 Summer Reading edition of our program:Richard Ford. "Canada"Timothy Egan. "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. "Americanah"S. J. Bolton. "Lost"Emma Bull. "Territory"Lea Carpenter. "Eleven Days"Aminanata Forna. "The Memory of Love"Lisa Graff. "A Tangle of Knots"BrianNancy Pearl Offers Some Great Summer Reading Suggestionshttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/nancy-pearl-offers-some-great-summer-reading-suggestions
42808 as http://publicradiotulsa.orgMon, 15 Jul 2013 21:16:05 +0000Nancy Pearl Offers Some Great Summer Reading SuggestionsRich FisherOn this installment of ST, we are discussing great reads for the gift-givng season --- for yourself and/or the avid reader(s) on your holiday shopping list. We check in with Nancy Pearl, a former librarian and bookseller here in Tulsa who's now based in Seattle, and who's well-known for her book-promoting appearances on NPR's Morning Edition as well as her popular series of "Book Lust" volumes (which recommend all sorts of books for a range of different readers). Nancy is also our longtime book reviewer here on StudioTulsa, and she's responsible for the Book Lust Rediscoveries series of titles, in which the bookselling mega-store that is Amazon reprints/republishes out-of-print or neglected titles that originally appeared between 1960 and 2000. (You can learn more about this series here, just FYI, and can visit Nancy's own website at this link.) Here's the list of books, in the order in which they were discussed, that Nancy recommended to host Rich Fisher on today's program. StephenNancy Pearl's Gift-Giving Book Suggestionshttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/nancy-pearls-gift-giving-book-suggestions
31230 as http://publicradiotulsa.orgTue, 18 Dec 2012 21:13:11 +0000Nancy Pearl's Gift-Giving Book SuggestionsRich FisherOn this edition of StudioTulsa, Nancy Pearl, our longtime book expert and the author of four Book Lust volumes of recommended reading --- and now, also, the curator of Amazon.coms new series of reprints of classic, out-of-print books --- offers her summer reading list. (Summer arrives, officially, on Wednesday the 20th!) Here is Nancys list: A Partial History of Lost Causes by Jennifer Dubois After Life by Rhian Ellis The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway Poets Pub by Eric Linklater Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert Massie The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney Dissolution by C.J. Sansom Nancy Pearl Offers Her Summer Reading Listhttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/nancy-pearl-offers-her-summer-reading-list
20720 as http://publicradiotulsa.orgMon, 18 Jun 2012 20:54:39 +0000Nancy Pearl Offers Her Summer Reading ListRich Fisher[Aired on Friday, March 2nd.] Book reviewer Nancy Pearl joins us to talk about the best new books of 2012 and a few overlooked gems from the past couple of years. Pearl is the author of six highly regarded books about books in her Book Lust series, and shes embarking as the series editor for Book Lust Discoveries, which will revive twelve classic, long-out-of-print titles that are worth a fresh read. The series gets underway in April with Merle Millers A Gay and Melancholy Sound. Heres Nancys latest picks: Soulless by Gail Carriger (pub by Orbit); The first in a series of five steampunk novels in the Parasol Protectorate series. No Mark Upon Her by Deborah Crombie (pub by William Morrow); The 14th in the evolving series of Scotland Yard procedurals with Supt. Duncan Kinkaid and Det. Inspector Jemma Hardy as they investigate the competitive world of English rowing. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (pub by Dutton); The latest and best young adult novel by Green The Snow Child byA Look at Books with Nancy Pearlhttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/look-books-nancy-pearl
14131 as http://publicradiotulsa.orgFri, 02 Mar 2012 18:03:09 +0000A Look at Books with Nancy Pearl